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06/04/2026

Join us and Another Story Bookshop for the Toronto launch of "From Red Dresses to Memory Stones: Multimedia Activism and Gender-Based Violence in Canada" by Nicolette Little. June 24 at 7:00 PM at Another Story Bookshop!

Join us at the launch of Nicolette Little's From Red Dresses to Memory Stones: Multimedia Activism and Gender-Based Violence in Canada.

06/04/2026

Welcome to our newest acquisitions editor, Shalini Nanayakkara!

Shalini brings a sales perspective to editorial work, having started in the UBC Press marketing department in 2022. She enjoys supporting scholarship that bring fresh perspectives. Being a q***r South Asian woman with ADHD and a chronic illness, she bears a personal connection to her subject areas and offers safe space and understanding to help authors publish their best scholarship.

Shalini is accepting book proposals in Asian Studies, Disability Studies, and Gender and Sexuality Studies, as well as books suitable for our On Campus imprint.

Learn more about submitting a book proposal: https://www.ubcpress.ca/submitting-a-book-proposal

Bonus: Shalini works alongside her trusty assistant, Heracles. 🐱

06/04/2026

June is Pride Month. Explore the many Pride activities at our Vancouver and Okanagan campuses and connect with the community: https://bit.ly/3Hkn1vX

06/04/2026

On Tuesday, our director, Douglas Hildebrand, presented the K.D. Srivastava Prize for Excellence in Scholarly Publishing to Robert Gibbs for “What Could a University Be? Revolutionary Ideas for the Future.” Congratulations, Dr. Gibbs! 🎉

The K.D. Srivastava Prize is given annually by UBC Press and the Office of the Vice-President Research and Innovation. To be eligible for the prize, the author must have completed a substantial portion of their work at the University of British Columbia.

📕 About the book: https://www.ubcpress.ca/what-could-a-university-be

06/03/2026

It must be conference season! We're in Ottawa at the Canadian Political Science Association canadienne de science politique annual conference, June 2-4. Please stop by our booth to say hello!

Visit our special CPSA conference page: https://www.ubcpress.ca/cpsa-conference

06/02/2026

This week we’re in Charlottetown at the Canadian Historical Association’s annual meeting! We’re done for the day but we’re here all day tomorrow.

📚 Visit our special conference page: https://www.ubcpress.ca/cha-conference

06/01/2026

We’re at CSSE - SCÉÉ conference at the University of Winnipeg! Please stop by our booth to browse our books and tell us about your latest project. We’ll be here tomorrow and Wednesday morning as well, so come say hello!

📚 Browse our newest education titles: https://www.ubcpress.ca/education-catalogue

06/01/2026

“From Red Dresses to Memory Stones” by Nicolette Little explores creative media activism to address gender-based violence, illuminating a vital but overlooked terrain of resistance and remembrance in Canada. https://bit.ly/4dJvLJY

05/29/2026

Congratulations to UBC Press authors George M. Abbott and Patricia E. Roy—finalists for the 2026 Historical Writing Award!

Thank you to the British Columbia Historical Federation and good luck to all the finalists! 🥳

📣 We are honoured to announce the finalists of the 2026 Historical Writing Awards! They appear below in alphabetical order by author.

We look forward to celebrating these brilliant works on May 30th at the BC Historical Federation Conference and Awards Gala in Vancouver, where the winners will be announced.

• George M. Abbott. Unceded: Understanding British Columbia’s Colonial Past and Why It Matters Now. UBC Press.

• Catherine B. Clement. The Paper Trail to the 1923 Chinese Exclusion Act. Plumleaf Press.

• Larry Grant with Scott Steedman. Reconciling: A Lifelong Struggle to Belong. ECW Press.

• Liz Hammond-Kaarremaa with Coast Salish Contributors. The Teachings of Mutton: A Coast Salish Woolly Dog. Harbour Publishing.

• Greg Nesteroff. King of Sandon: Murder, Myth, & the Man Behind B.C.s Greatest Ghost Town. Kütne Reader.

• Patricia E. Roy. John Hart: A Businessman in British Columbia Politics. UBC Press.

• Jim Wolf. Craigdarroch Reconstructed: The Story of the Castle’s Design and Construction. Craigdarroch Castle Historical Museum Society.

05/28/2026

Hosted by Green College, a panel discussion featuring Dr Robert Gibbs, author of “What Could a University Be?”:

This upcoming event, “What Could a University Be?”, brings together senior academic leaders and scholars to examine the future of higher education in Canada amid growing pressures around AI, public trust, accessibility, governance, interdisciplinarity, and the civic role of universities.

The conversation features participants from UBC, the University of Victoria, and the University of Toronto, and will explore how universities are adapting to changing social expectations and institutional realities.

📚 What Could a University Be? A Panel Discussion
📅 Tuesday, June 2, 2026
🕔 5:00 PM – 6:20 PM
📍 5-6:20 pm, Coach House, Green College
📖 www.ubcpress.ca/what-could-a-university-be